Sheriff's deputies responded to the home in the 1100 block of Charest Drive shortly after 5 p.m. Monday to find the woman, whose name has not been released, laying on the floor with a gunshot wound to the chest, WHNT reports.

A neighbor who went to the scene told WHNT that a loaded pistol went off when the woman's boyfriend put the weapon on a countertop. Sheriff Ana Franklin confirmed that the shooting was an accident and no charges have been filed, WHNT reported.

The couple had two children, who were inside the home when the shooting happened, the neighbor told WHNT.